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Kiddie Academy Of New Lenox

kiddieacademy.com

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 159 children.
  • Kiddie Academy franchise; the brand is owned by Essential Brands, Inc. (privately held).

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 years (state).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since February 2026.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Sep 2, 20263 citations
    • Qualifications for Child Care Director

      • Qualifications for Child Care Director

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(2)

    • Staffing Structure

      • Staffing Structure

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)

    • Grouping and Staffing

      • Grouping and Staffing

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Aug 20, 20263 citations
    • Program Requirements for All Ages

      • Program Requirements for All Ages

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5)

    • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

      • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

    • Grouping and Staffing

      • Grouping and Staffing

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Feb 19, 20263 citations
    • General Requirements for Personnel

      • General Requirements for Personnel

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

    • Outdoor Play Area

      • Outdoor Play Area

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m)

The state cited rules at all 3 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 57% of 110.

How all 110 Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 110 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None11%
  • 1 of 38%
  • 2 of 324%
  • All 357%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 2, 2026
On file
3 visits since February 2026 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 2, 2026. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 2, 2026

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Repeat violation

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 638893 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 20, 2026

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation substantiated

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5) · Violation substantiated

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 638893 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 19, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 638893 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(779) 803-2300
Address
674 Cedar Crossings Dr, New Lenox, 60451

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDDIE ACADEMY OF NEW LENOX" under Provider Name and 60451 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 638893).
  • Website, Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com
  • Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDDIE ACADEMY OF NEW LENOX" under Provider Name and 60451 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 638893).
  • Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com

Kiddie Academy's own site says the founding Miller family continues to own and operate Kiddie Academy, and that other families own and operate the academies in their communities. kiddieacademy.com

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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